Students at Hobsonville Point Primary School have co-created a video game, Hobsonville Point Time Machine, with InGame to teach fellow students about New Zealand history. In the games time machine students can experience a slice of New Zealand in pre-European, early settler, pre and post-World War II timezones. Students researched local history facts, designed[…]
Game-based simulations excel at complex issues – with multiple solutions, changing circumstances and multiple viewpoints. Health and safety in the workplace is full of serious consequences to people’s actions, making it an ideal candidate for gamification and incentives. […]
Game playing is a surprisingly mainstream activity. The average game player is 33 and 47% are female (more if you’re playing on Facebook or smartphones). […]
Every year over 10,000 New Zealanders have a week or more off work because of a fall around the house. Falls cost our economy over $1.8 billion dollars a year. Can a game change our behaviour? […]
During June 2012, InGame Director Stephen Knightly was national speaker for the New Zealand Computer Society (now the Institute of IT Professionals). As chairperson of the NZ Game Developers Association, Stephen showed how kiwi businesses have taken up the opportunities to create and export games. […]
The rollout of UltraFast Broadband throughout New Zealand will drive uptake of e-learning, e-health and entertainment. Gaming will play a part in the consumer uptake, according to the Commerce Commission’s Future with High Speed Broadband summit. […]
The audiences who play games are mainstream, educated, income-earning and diverse. […]